Lighten Up

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Lighten Up

Lighten Up is an encapsulated herbal formula that contains a potent range of effective digestive and metabolically-optimizing herbs that can help promote healthy weight loss when used in a program that includes exercise and reduced calorie intake.

A featured herbal ingredient in Lighten Up is Advantra Z^® (a patented full spectrum extract of Citrus aurantium standardized tosynephrine), which is a safe and effective metabolic enhancer. Citrus aurantium (Advantra Z^®) is the safest and most effective natural thermogenic for weight loss and sports nutrition available. This extract of a citrus fruit contains a family of indirect-acting adrenergic amines (B-sympathicomimetics) that facilitate utilization of energy substrates, stimulate metabolic processes, favor uptake of amino acids into muscle, increase lipolysis (breakdown of fat) and can exert mild hunger-suppressant effects.

Advantra Z^® is the only patented thermogenic ingredient for weight loss and physical performance on the market today. Studies have confirmed the fact that synephrine-standardized Citrus aurantium (Advantra Z^®) has virtually no impact on blood pressure or heart rate.

Caralluma

The amazing “new” herb for weight management

Dragon Herb’s Caralluma is an effective weight management herb that has a double action modus operandi, making it highly effective.

Caralluma fimbriata is a succulent, edible cactus that grows across India. It has been in use in India for centuries as a vegetable and famine food. The cactus is used by the labor class in South India to enhance endurance and suppress appetite. Indian tribesmen are known to chew chunks of Caralluma for energy and to suppress hunger when on a day's hunt.

Dragon Herb’s Caralluma is manufactured by a unique process which ensures that there is no chemical alteration to any of the key constituents of the herb. The standardized extract of Caralluma fimbriata was has been extensively studied for its use in appetite suppression leading to clinically significant weight loss.

Dragon Herb’s Caralluma is a potent appetite suppressant

Controlled clinical trials on Dragon Herb’s Caralluma have clearly demonstrated that it suppresses appetite.

When we eat, the nerves from the stomach send a signal to the hypothalamus in the brain. This is the part of the brain that controls appetite. When the stomach is full, the hypothalamus signals the brain to stop eating. When a person is hungry, the hypothalamus sends a signal to the brain that food is needed.

Dragon Herb’s Caralluma inhibits this hunger sensory mechanism of the hypothalamus. The Pregnane Glycosides contained inDragon Herb’s Caralluma interfere with the signaling mechanism and create a signal on its own, seeming to fool the brain into thinking that the stomach is full, even when the person has not eaten.

Dragon Herb’s Caralluma has been shown to promote fat loss and weight loss.

The main reason why most weight loss programs fail is because of tiredness and dullness created by the loss of weight, which forces the person to go back to old eating habits, resulting in a rebounding weight gain. Caralluma, however, has been shown in controlled clinical trials to help participants to feel more energetic and gain lean muscle mass while losing fat.

This is because Dragon Herb’s Caralluma inhibits fat synthesis by blocking the formation of Acetyl Co-Enzyme A and Malonyl Co-Enzyme A, which are the building blocks of fat synthesis. Dragon Herb’s Caralluma also increases burning of fat by the body. This makes more energy available to the body and makes the person more active and lively. It's a well known fact the muscle cells burn more calories than fat cells. So when more energy is available to the body, muscle cells burn energy faster. Muscle cells are heavier than fat cells but they are also denser than fat cells. So they occupy less space and consequently the person appears more compact and trimmer, compared to before.

How does Dragon Herb’s Caralluma compare with Hoodia?

Genuine Hoodia, from South Africa, can be a useful appetite suppressant. But it has been widely reported that most of the Hoodia being marketed in America is not the original, genuine Hoodia. Secondly, Hoodia plays no role in the promotion of fat loss and weight loss – functions that Dragon Herb’s Caralluma have been shown to perform. So, while Hoodia may reduce appetite (if you’re lucky enough to buy a brand with real Hoodia), it may not actually contribute to weight loss because a loss of appetite alone is not necessarily sufficient to cause a human to stop eating excessively.

Dragon Herb’s Caralluma is a proprietary standardized extract of Caralluma fimbriata, the authentic herb used for centuries in India.Caralluma fimbriata is the only “caralluma” proven-effective at promoting weight loss. Dragon Herb’s Caralluma is a “whole herb extract” that contains all the essential constituents of the whole herb, ensuring that the full benefits of the herb are delivered as a concentrated extract.

Dragon Herb’s Caralluma should be used as part of a complete program

If you are consuming Dragon Herb’s Caralluma for the purposes of weight management, and especially if you are planning to use it to help lose weight, it should be consumed as part of a broad health program, which would include sufficient exercise, reduced calorie intake, consumption of a well balanced diet loaded with vegetables, fruits, antioxidants, sea vegetables, low-fat protein sources, whole grains, legumes, etc.

Dragon Herbs recommends that you read “30 Tips to a Long Life” by Ron Teeguarden as a guidebook for healthy living.

TONIC ALCHEMY

Tonic Alchemyä is a remarkable, cutting edge blend of superfoods from all around the world – from the deepest oceans to the world’s highest mountains. Ingredients come from almost every continent and every type of environment on earth. These superfoods are so nutrient dense that just a tablespoon a day of Tonic Alchemyä blended with a liquid will provide more nutrition than most Americans assimilate in an entire day.

Transcending “Normal Nutrition”

Tonic Alchemyä is loaded with the essential vitamins, amino acids and minerals that we need on a daily basis to thrive in this modern world. But Tonic Alchemyä does not just provide conventional nutrients – it transcends “normal nutrition.” This blend of 71 superfoods contains literally thousands of phytonutrients, many of which are extremely rare and yet incredibly valuable to human health and well being. Almost every vitamin, mineral, protein and co-factor so far discovered in whole natural foods has a part to play in nurturing and protecting the human body and mind. Yet for many people in our modern society, normal nutrition is very limited due to lack of variety, lack of fresh living foods, and due to the adulteration and destruction of nutrients during food growing and processing. And, of course, many of the “foods” and ingredients we find ourselves exposed to are in fact harmful and contribute to disease and degeneration. We all need to eat as well as possible to counterbalance the forces of the modern world. Tonic Alchemyä presents a means of going beyond “normal nutrition” by providing nutrients that most people simply cannot fit into their “normal diet.”

The U.S. government has recently released its new dietary recommendations urging consumers to consume up to 13 servings per day of vegetables and fruits. This long overdue recommendation affirms what many of us have known for a long time. Still, most Americans will not be able to achieve these standards. Even for those of us who eat consciously, it is not always easy, or even possible, to consume all the vegetables and fruits one should be consuming, every day. Luckily, Tonic Alchemyä can make a huge difference in our actual vegetable and fruit consumption. Tonic Alchemyä contains superfoods – foods of extraordinary nutritive value – nutrient dense greens, super-tonic herbs, tonic mushrooms, antioxidant rich fruits and sea vegetables, and vitamin-rich sprouts, all of which contribute to our higher nutritional needs. Tonic Alchemyä is also a source of concentrated garden vegetables, the very ones we need to consume virtually every day. Tonic Alchemyä is exactly the concentrated vegetable booster you need in order to achieve and to maintain glowing health.

Included in this blend are supertonic adaptogenic herbs that contain substances that fortify our body in many ways and help us adapt to the harshness of this polluted, hazardous, stressful world. And these are not just the normal commercial grade tonic herbs found elsewhere – these are the premium tonic herbs in the world sourced from the most remote and pristine regions under the guidance of Ron Teeguarden, a world-recognized master herbalist.

By consuming Tonic Alchemyä, a person is guarantied that they are consuming a full range of the ultimate life-enhancing foods and tonic herbs in the world. These nutrients help protect our body from toxins, ailments and even accidents. They enhance our immunity, cellular respiration and metabolism, illness control, body part regeneration capacity, and longevity. Furthermore, they can play a huge role in our performance on every level of our life. Super nutrition can enhance intelligence, intuition, creativity, work performance, athletic performance, sexual performance – and even our personality and attitude toward life, work and family. There is nothing in life that is not influenced by our nutrition, and Tonic Alchemyä provides amazing nutrients that can help every person to attain optimal personal achievement and well being.

BUPLEURUM AND DRAGON BONE (BUPE & BONE)

Bupleurum and Dragon Bone is one of the greatest classical Chinese herbal formulas. “Bupe & Bone” is traditionally used to calm the nerves, quell anxiety, ease frustration and curb compulsive behavior. Millions of people have found this ancient formula to be extremely effective. It is safe for just about everyone. And it does not cause drowsiness – just relaxation. Dragon Herbs has modified the classical formula slightly to eliminate the risk of loose stool, the one common side effect of the classical version. Dragon Herbs makes Bupe & Bone by using a proprietary preparation and extraction method that enhances the bioavailability and absorption of the formula in the digestive tract. This may be a very useful formula for the compulsive eater.

SPRING DRAGON LONGEVITY TEA

Spring Dragon Longevity Tea is Dragon Herbs’ most popular product. Its main ingredient, Gynostemma leaf, has been used for centuries to promote digestion, and emerging evidence indicates that Gynostemma may help reduce blood fat levels. It is widely used in Asia to help maintain normal healthy fat metabolism and body composition. Gynostemma is a superb antioxidant with anti-inflammatory properties. And Spring Dragon Longevity Tea is absolutely delicious, tasting like a high end green tea. It may be consumed with meals and between meals, and is excellent both hot and cold. Spring Dragon Longevity Tea is super-infused with five famous tonic herbs to tonify the functioning of the digestive tract and respiratory functions, thus improving metabolism.

GOLDEN TUO CHA

Golden Tuo Cha is a certified organic “ancient” pu-erh tea collected in Yunnan Province of China, a region that is world famous for this unique style of tea. Golden Tuo Cha is made with a pure grade of pu-erh tea. Pu-erh tea is collected from ancient tea trees. Many tea trees are over a hundred years old, and some tea trees are over 1000 years old and still bear superb tea leaves. Golden Tuo Cha buds are hand harvested from the ancient tea trees when they are young and tender. This certified organic tea is pressed into small individual dose tea cakes and aged by a special technique perfected over many centuries. The tea beverage made from this tea is thick, bold and deeply flavored. One Golden Tuo Cha cake yields many infusions and has robust flavors of unsweetened chocolate and espresso with a smooth finish and aromatic woody notes. Pu-erh tuo cha teas are hugely popular in China because they are believed to help dissolve fats in the digestive tract and to lower blood fat, and are widely consumed after eating a rich meal and to help maintain a slim body.

GUILIN SWEETFRUIT DROPS

If you like your teas sweet, you will enjoy Guilin Sweetfruit Drops. This liquid extract of a famous tonic herb from Southern Chinais hundreds of times sweeter than sugar and imparts a wonderful mild flavor to any tea. Just one or two squirts will brighten up your tea drinking experience, with almost no calories. This is not a synthetic, artificial sweetener. It is the pure essence of the wonderful Luohanguo fruit that grows in the exotic southern regions of East Asia. Guilin Sweetfruit Drops is rich in vitamins and saponins that studies indicate may improve immune functions. Traditionally, Luohanguo is one of Chinese herbalism’s most important lung tonic herbs. Guilin Sweetfruit Drops is perfectly safe for children, too.

XYLITOL

All-Natural Sugar Substitute

The average person eats one and a half cups of sugar a day, far more than most people can handle metabolically. Excessive sugar consumption is not part of a healthy lifestyle and can contribute to obesity and a wide range of functional imbalances and illnesses. Of course, sugar is a particular problem for people who suffer from diabetes, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome.

Xylitol is an all-natural sugar substitute derived from birch tree bark or from corncobs. Unlike sugar, xylitol does not require insulin to be metabolized. It is teaspoon-for-teaspoon as sweet as sugar, and has the added quality of binding to saliva, leaving a sweet taste lingering in the mouth – and numerous studies indicate that xylitol protects the teeth from tooth decay. Xylitol occurs naturally in many fruits and vegetables and is even produced by the human body during normal metabolism. Xylitol has the same sweetness and bulk as sucrose with one-third calories (about 2.4 calories per Gram) and no unpleasant aftertaste. It quickly dissolves and produces a cooling sensation in the mouth. Because the production of xylitol from birch tree bark requires the cutting down of the birch trees, Dragon Herbs has selected to sell xylitol extracted from corn cobs, a very renewable and sustainable resource. Dragon Herbs’ Xylitol is a 100% pure, white crystalline granule with a bright, refreshing, sweet flavor that is suitable for all cooking, beverages and food preparation.

AMOLO TEA

Amolo, known as Amla in India, is one of the most important digestive tonics in the world. Amolo makes a fabulous tea that can be consumed between meals to help with one’s overall weight management, or after meals that have included fatty foods, to help digest the fats and pass them out of the body. Amolo is a very rich source of vitamin C (25% of the fruit by weight) and is thus an excellent source of this essential vitamin.

Our Amolo Tea is made from the fruit that grows naturally in the tropical southern region of East China and is a variety that is highly favored throughout Asia for its flavor, potency and fat-fighting qualities. We strongly recommend drinking a cup or two of this incredible tea every day.

HEALTHY VINEGAR

Millions of people use vinegar because it is one of nature's most nutrient-rich liquids. Vinegar helps maintain healthy blood sugar levels. Perhaps the most sought after benefit of vinegar is the quick and easy weight loss it helps promote. Since it naturally helps your body get rid of excess fluids, helps speed up a slow metabolism and helps to "curb" your appetite, this age old product has been "re-discovered" and is now being used by millions to aid them in their weight loss endeavors. Rice vinegar is an extremely important “herb” in the Chinese health system and an important ingredient in cuisines around the world. Its function is to get things moving.

Dragon Herbs’ Healthy Vinegar is the best tasting and healthiest vinegar you’ll ever consume. This vinegar is produced by an ancient method and is 100% natural. It contains famous blood activating herbs like hawthorn fruit, which further enhance the vinegar’s innate tonic effects.

Dragon Herbs’ Healthy Vinegar has been produced in the same way and in the same town for centuries, though production technology has been brought up to modern GMP standards. It is consumed in China as a health tonic that helps reduce blood fat, improve circulation and stimulate digestion. It is so delicious that it is often consumed by itself, at a dose of about half an ounce per serving. Dragon Herbs is proud to be the exclusive distributor of this incredible product in America.

TAO IN A BOTTLE

Many people eat more when they are anxious, frustrated or worried. Stress is a part of life, so it is important that we recognize the influence of stress on our body, mind and actions in life. Tao in a Bottle, a revolutionary anti-stress formulation exclusively from

Traditional Function: Thermogenic, moves water

Who can use it?

People who do not have any cardiovascular or kidney problems and who need to lose weight

Concentration: 8:1

Specifications: 100 Capsules 500 mg each

Precautions:

Consult your physician before embarking on this or any weight loss program. Not advised for people with cardiovascular, hepatic or kidney problems without physician’s supervision. Not for children under 18 years of age, or for pregnant women or lactating mothers.

Ingredients

Advantra-Z™ (Bitter Orange fruit), Green Tea leaf, L-Theanine, Sacred Lotus Leaf, Carthamus tinctorius flower, Senna leaf, Lyciumfruit, Cang-zhu Atractylodes rhizome, Chinese White Peony root, Lycium fruit, Polygonatum multiflorum root, Gymnemma sylvestre,Eluthero root, Bai-zhu Atractylodes rhizome, Chinese Licorice root, Chinese Rhubarb rhizome, Gynostemma leaf gypenosides

Other Ingredients: Vegetarian capsules (Pullulan caps 100% natural, water-soluble polysaccharide produced through a fermentation process; vegetable origin; non-GMO; no starch, preservative or chemical modifications; gluten free.), rice powder.

Usage: Take 3 capsules, 2 times per day or as directed by a healthcare professional

Remember Ron Teeguarden’s “First Rule of Tonic Herbalism,” summed up in a single word –Compliance. If you don’t take the herbs, they won’t work.”